FBI Offers $5,000 For Information on Woodland Youth Who Went Missing One Year Ago

November 2, 2017 |  

The Sacramento office of the Federal Bureau of Investigations has announced that a $5,000 reward is being offered in hopes of determining the whereabouts of a missing Woodland, California teenager.

On November 4, 2016, Elijah Moore, 16, was last seen by his mother. Two days later Moore’s mother reported he was missing to Woodland Police.

On the day his mother last saw him, Moore attended school and later was seen cashing a check at California Check Cashing at 115 Main St., Woodland. Moore was last seen wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt; a yellow shirt; khaki pants; and tan work boots and also carried a green backpack.

A friend of Moore’s, Enrique Rios, 16, of Esparto, California a fellow student at Cesar Chavez Community School in Woodland, was last seen weeks earlier on October 16, 2016. Since their respective disappearances, neither have been seen with little evidence to indicate where they went or who, if anyone, they may be with.

The cases are being investigated by the Woodland Police Department and the Sacramento FBI office. If you have any information concerning this case, please contact the FBI's Toll-Free Tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), your local FBI office, or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate. Tips may be offered anonymously.